Cinderella; Tina Brown
Is Cinderella still relevant to a modern audience? Tina Brown on Hillary Clinton. Mel Greig, the Australian DJ. Political differences in relationships. Cellist Caroline Brown.
Cinderella - is it still relevant to a modern audience? Tina Brown talks about Hillary Clinton running for US president, and the global push for women's rights; Mel Greig, the Australian DJ, talks about the hoax that ended in tragedy and her awareness campaign for endometriosis; Can relationships survive political differences? Two couples discuss their experiences. Cellist, Caroline Brown and artistic director of leading UK early music orchestra, Hanover Band, talks about her hope for a groundbreaking surgical technique that may allow her to play her much loved instrument again.
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Tina Brown
Duration: 11:08
Cinderella – how relevant is this fairy tale to a modern audience?
Duration: 07:54
Mel Greig
Duration: 06:34
Can a relationship survive political differences?
Duration: 07:48
Caroline Brown
Duration: 07:56
Can a relationship survive political differences?
With parties ratcheting up their election campaigns, we speak to two couples who have found themselves ‘living with the enemy’, getting their tips on how to survive an election campaign if you’re living under the same roof as someone from the other side.
Cinderella – how relevant is this fairy tale to a modern audience?
Cinderella – a magical tale of finding true love and overcoming evil or a mooning make-over myth about shoes and marrying into money? We ask whether this fairy tale relevant to a modern audience?Mel Greig
The Australian DJ Mel Greig became a household name when a prank phone call she featured in her radio programme to a hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge had serious consequences. She and her co-host at Radio Station 2DayFM were taken off air after it emerged that the nurse who put the call through had died, possibly taking her own life. Mel’s in London to take part in a march tomorrow to raise awareness of endometriosis. She’s one of the millions of women worldwide who suffer from the condition which is not only painful but can impact on fertility. She joins Jenni to talk about life after that prank and why she’s decided to speak out about her own condition to help other women.Tina Brown
In 1995 Hillary Clinton made a ground-breaking speech to the Fourth World Conference on women in which she challenged the world to treat women’s rights as human rights. Twenty years on and Hillary Clinton looks set to run for the US presidency. But from Afghanistan to India and Egypt to Liberia how far have the lives of women throughout the world improved? Jenni talks to Tina Brown, Executive Producer of Hillary Clinton: The Power of Women.
Caroline Brown
Caroline Brown is a cellist, and artistic director of one of the UK’s leading early music orchestras, the Hanover Band. Three years ago she discovered she had a tumour and subsequent operations have prevented her from playing her beloved cello. But a few months ago she underwent a pioneering surgical technique that has given her new hope, and she’s now organised a fund-raising concert for the hospital that treated her.
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Role Contributor Presenter Jenni Murray Interviewed Guest Tina Brown Interviewed Guest Tracy McVeigh Interviewed Guest Charlie Byrne Interviewed Guest Mel Greig Interviewed Guest Sally Gimson Interviewed Guest Andrew Gimson Interviewed Guest April Interviewed Guest Stu Interviewed Guest Caroline Brown Producer Kirsty Starkey Broadcast
- Fri 27 Mar 201510:00BBC Radio 4
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